2021

With estimates from £400-£16,000, here are six previews of upcoming items this week.

The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of a dealer holding an ‘everything-must-go’ stock sale to help his family following his diagnosis with terminal cancer.

London Art Week's third instalment of Art History in Focus returns with online talks, themed editorials and live exhibition tours.

A hoard of Roman bronzes discovered by metal detectors and sold at auction by Hansons in May has been sold to the Yorkshire Museum.

The half-shredded Banksy painting ‘Love is in the Bin’ returned to auction, bringing a fervent competition and making a record £16m at Sotheby's.

Dealers returned to London this week for the LAPADA Conference 2021 which had the theme of ‘Reset & Refresh’.

A picture bought for around £4000 and eventually authenticated on the BBC programme 'Fake or Fortune?' as by 19th-century French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme is to be offered at Sotheby’s with an estimate of £80,000-120,000.

A round-up of moves across the art and antiques sector.

Online art sales reached $6.8bn (£5bn) in the first six months of the year, up 72% on the first half of 2020 according The Hiscox Online Art Trade Report.

With estimates from £400-80,000, here are six previews of upcoming items this week.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of auctioneer Will Farmer of Fieldings appearing in a new feature film on the life of Clarice Cliff.

An 'everything-must-go' stock sale is taking place at Antiques on Sea in St Leonards-on-sea this weekend.

Sotheby’s has tweaked its sale categories for its flagship 20th and 21st century art auctions and will apply the changes at its upcoming New York series in November.

A major collection of Victorian decorative art and pictures drew attention from both the trade and collectors at Christie’s, reaching a hammer total of £1.7m (plus 25/20/14.5% buyer's premium).

The Chateau de Versailles in France has purchased a sculpture of Louis XIV’s (1643-1715) surgeon.

The latest Movers & Shakers news across the UK including a new president at BADA and a new board member at LAPADA.

With estimates from £500-10,000 here are six previews of upcoming items this week.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a cache of 17th century coins discovered by stonemasons while renovating a manor house in Brittany.

Coins and collectables dealer SVcollector in Athens suffered a theft of its coins from a hotel room in London following the Coinex fair.

A fine lot of Polar memorabilia surfaced at Lockdales in Ipswich. It came by descent from William Lashly (1867-1940), chief stoker during the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition to Antartica in 1911-12.